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Looking for help, but don't know where to start? Take a look at the list below. It's never too early — or too late — to reach out.

If you are in crisis and need immediate help, call 911 (emergency services) or 988 (the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or text 741741 (the Crisis Text Line). 

If you need to talk to someone, but aren't in crisis, call (866) 400-6428 (the Mental Health Virginia Warm Line) or find an available warm line on warmline.org. Note: the Mental Health Virginia Warm Line is not available 24/7. Hours are available on their website. 

For free or reduced-cost counseling or other resources in your community, try TWLOHA's Find Help tool. Resources can be sorted by category (e.g. addiction, trauma, LGBTQIA+, and more) and level of care (e.g. counseling, support groups, residential treatment, and more). 

If you want to reach out for help, but don't know how to have that initiating conversation, check out TWLOHA's How to Have the Conversation worksheet. Other worksheets on topics such as starting counseling, starting medication, navigating anxiety, and more are available here. 

If you're worried about someone else and don't know what to do, check out these guides from Samaritans. Note: Samaritans is a UK-based charity. In the US, the emergency number is 911, and the crisis lifeline number is 988. 

To read stories of hope and others' experiences, visit the Blogs page. 

For a more exhaustive list of resources, visit the Resources page. Resources are sorted by category via hyperlinks at the top of the page.